Chris Dodkin
West Coast Correspondent
Canon have just done a write-up on Abraham Joffe, as he captures pro quality stills from 4K video, with the EOS-1D C.
The concept is simple enough - the new 4K cameras produce image frames of a quality of 4096x2160, comparable to a digital stills camera, so why not just shoot video and pick the best frame(s) later as stills.
You get 24 fps to choose from, so that 'moment' is selectable to a high degree.
Canon Professional Network - Abraham Joffe captures stills from 4K video with the EOS-1D C
“This should excite photographers: their skills sets are about creating beautiful images that work, and I think motion photographs will take more photographic skill than video skill,” he reveals. “Video is about multiple shots that work together to tell a story; motion photos have sound and camera movement stripped away and you are coming down to one moment in one frame that happens to be moving. That is very exciting for me.”
No doubt it's going to become a big part of future imaging - but right now the price barrier will prevent most from accessing the technology.
But as we know - prices comes down...

Australian videographer Abraham Joffe has managed to split photographic opinion down the middle yet again with the realisation of a long-promised technology – the ability to capture stills from video that are of good enough quality to compete with conventionally shot photographs.
The concept is simple enough - the new 4K cameras produce image frames of a quality of 4096x2160, comparable to a digital stills camera, so why not just shoot video and pick the best frame(s) later as stills.
You get 24 fps to choose from, so that 'moment' is selectable to a high degree.
Canon Professional Network - Abraham Joffe captures stills from 4K video with the EOS-1D C
“This should excite photographers: their skills sets are about creating beautiful images that work, and I think motion photographs will take more photographic skill than video skill,” he reveals. “Video is about multiple shots that work together to tell a story; motion photos have sound and camera movement stripped away and you are coming down to one moment in one frame that happens to be moving. That is very exciting for me.”
No doubt it's going to become a big part of future imaging - but right now the price barrier will prevent most from accessing the technology.
But as we know - prices comes down...